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Jan 1923
The Research Activities of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 86, Issue 1
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Engineering art is based on a variety of things, ingenuity, experience, judgment, rules and regulations (even rule-of-thumb), precedent, vision, the laws of Nature known as physics and chemistry, and the special applications and adaptations of t h e laws known as engineering science.
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© 1923 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1923
Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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Arthur N. Talbot, ASCE
Past-President, Prof. of Municipal and San. Eng., and in Chf. of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana. Ill.
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